BILL NUMBER: SB 354	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Blakeslee

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2011

   An act to amend Section 21100 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to environmental quality.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 354, as introduced, Blakeslee. Environmental quality:
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
   The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead
agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared by contract,
and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a
project, as defined, that it proposes to carry out or approve that
may have a significant effect on the environment, or to adopt a
negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that
effect.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 21100 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   21100.  (a)  All lead agencies   A lead
agency  shall prepare, or cause to be prepared by contract, and
certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on 
any   a  project  which  
they propose   that it proposes  to carry out or
approve that may have a significant effect on the environment.
Whenever feasible, a standard format shall be used for  an 
environmental impact  reports   report  .
   (b) The environmental impact report shall include a detailed
statement setting forth all of the following:
   (1) All significant effects on the environment of the proposed
project.
   (2) In a separate section:
   (A) Any significant effect on the environment that cannot be
avoided if the project is implemented.
   (B) Any significant effect on the environment that would be
irreversible if the project is implemented.
   (3) Mitigation measures proposed to minimize significant effects
on the environment, including, but not limited to, measures to reduce
the wasteful, inefficient, and unnecessary consumption of energy.
   (4) Alternatives to the proposed project.
   (5) The growth-inducing impact of the proposed project.
   (c) The report shall also contain a statement  briefly
indicating   that briefly   states  the
reasons for determining that various effects on the environment of a
project are not significant and consequently have not been discussed
in detail in the environmental impact report.
   (d) For purposes of this section, any significant effect on the
environment shall be limited to substantial, or potentially
substantial, adverse changes in physical conditions which exist
within the area as defined in Section 21060.5.
   (e) Previously approved land use documents, including, but not
limited to, general plans, specific plans, and local coastal plans,
may be used in cumulative impact analysis.